A FURIOUS group of former Labor MPs has blamed leader Jeremy Corbyn for the party’s “catastrophic” election defeat – and said “fundamental” change was needed to prevent the party tumbling into oblivion.
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“Yet sadly, when it came to polling day, Labor was led to its biggest defeat since “We lost seats in every region and nation with a swing against us in every social class – with the biggest swing against us from the poorest people.
“The scale of this defeat means that we have to look unflinchingly at what went wrong, way beyond a simple review, Welcome as that might be.
“We need to be honest about why our outgoing leadership’s reflexive anti-western worldview was so unpopular and address the reasons. “
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Mary Creagh is one of the letter’s signatories(Image: GETTY)
The group added: “We are devastated that, across the country, we can no longer help our residents to whom we have devoted ourselves, still struggling under a Tory government.
“It is our duty to speak up now, so that our leadership candidates keep these people at the heart of their campaigns to lead our party.
“The challenge for the eventual winner is immense.
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“We need to win 150 seats in every corner of the country, gaining votes from a coalition of communities.
“Labor needs to be in government – and for that, fundamental change at the top of our party is required .
“Only this will help us recover from the catastrophic loss of (December.)
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Mrs Creagh, who lost her seat for Wakefield, confronted Mr Corbyn after was clearing out her office in Westminster and spotting him taking selfies with a group of young people.
She later told The Times: “I told him he shouldn’t be having his photo taken with young pe ople because he had betrayed their future.
“I asked him to apologise for what he ‘d done. ”
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Labor’s key policies under Jeremy Corbyn(Image: Daily Express)
during a subsequent appearance on BBC2’s Newsnight, commenting on Mr Corbyn’s response to the election loss, she said : “We have bequeathed Tory austerity into the NHS, into our schools, into all our public services, and the prospect of a very hard Brexit at the end of next year.
“Frankly, there’s only one word people needed to hear from Jeremy and his team which is: ‘We’re sorry, we quit’.
“They didn ‘t say those words tonight.
“We have to wonder what on earth else they ‘ve got in store for the Labor Party. ”
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